Phil’s Best To Worst: Tarantino Directed Films

In our latest regular feature, coming out the first Friday of each month, Phil (of Phil’s Quick Capsule Review) breaks down a film related subject in order of his own personal enjoyment from Best To Worst.

This time out: the films DIRECTED BY Quentin Tarantino!

Best: Jackie Brown

It’s Tarantino’s best work, restrained like never before (but brutal when it needs to be), it’s a great adatpation of a good book and is cast to perfection with the story & directyion being the highlight not the dialue or the actors.

★★★★★★★★★★

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2. Pulp Fiction

It’s brilliant and a classic. The fact I cant watch it after seeing it too much at University isn’t the films fault but whilst it’s flashy and expertly done, I still prefer Jackie Brown overall.

★★★★★★★★★★

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3. Reservoir Dogs

A brilliant debut, raw and brutal and it still holds up today. Set the tone of Tarantino’s later work except that he has never shown restraint like he does here.

★★★★★★★★★★

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4. Inglorious Bastards

It’s long. It’s over written. But it has two of the greatest scenes in QT’s arsenal which saves the film from being a lot lower on the list. Great cast, funny finale.

★★★★★★★★★★

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5. Death Proof

Yup hated by most , I kinda like Tarantino’s grind house entry. It’s raw, over long (as most of his post Pulp Fiction films tend to be) but at least it felt genuine.

★★★★★★★★★★

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6. Django Unchained

Loved this on it’s release but in all honesty I’ll never watch it again. Full of excess and flabbiness, Django is a 100 minute film stuck in the body of a 3 hour self proclaimed epic. And don’t even get me started on QT’s cameo…

★★★★★★★★★★

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7. Kill Bill Volume 2

Kill Bill Volume 1 was more fun, but I liked Tarantino’s first western more than his actual Westerns. The ending was a kick in the face to others but I liked ho wit played out.

★★★★★★★★★★

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8. Four Rooms

Directing on of the story segments (and the second best), it’s fun if totally forgettable Yet I’ve watched it much more than his later work and for the last time it showed that with restrictions Tarantino can deliver.

★★★★★★★★★★

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9. Kill Bill Volume 1

It’s fine and the action is well handled but it’s overlong and spends FAR too much time paying homage and far too less time kicking behind.

★★★★★★★★★★

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Worst : The Hateful Eight

Another film that could have been half as long and twice as good, Tarantino’s need for a strong editor and better producer are never more apparent than they are here.

About Phil Hobden

Phil Hobden is the former Film Editor & Writer for renowned martial arts focused COMBAT MAGAZINE in the UK. He is also a filmmaker in his own right, having produced two cult Independent action films in LEFT FOR DEAD and TEN DEAD MEN. He was the host for the Filmsploitation podcast for 4 years and now writes and edits for his own site Phil's Quick Capsule Review...

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